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This report reviews the availability of 11 technology-enabled transportation services – including online ridesourcing, carsharing, ridesharing, taxi hailing, static and real-time transit information, multi-modal apps, and virtual transit ticketing – in 70 U.S. cities. It finds that residents of 19 cities, with a combined population of nearly 28 million people, have access to eight or more of these services, with other cities catching up rapidly.

A new report from the New Mexico Public Interest Research Group (NMPIRG) and Frontier Group shows mounting evidence that the Millennial generation’s dramatic shift away from driving is more than temporary. While the 2000s saw a marked decrease in the average number of miles traveled by young Americans, the study explains that those trends appear likely to continue even as the economy improves – in light of the consistency of Millennials’ surveyed preferences, a continued reduction of Millennials driving to work, and the continued decreases in per-capita driving among all Americans.

The 2000s saw a marked decrease in the average number of miles traveled by young Americans. This report demonstrates that policy makers should take seriously the shifts in transportation behavior and attitudes that Millennials have shown in the past decade and factor those changes into transportation policy.

Across America, colleges and universities are showing that efforts aimed at reducing driving deliver powerful benefits for students, staff and surrounding communities. Policymakers at all levels of government should be looking to the innovative examples of these campuses. Universities and college towns also provide useful models for expanding the range of transportation options available to Americans while addressing the transportation challenges facing our communities.

A first-of-its-kind report by NMPIRG Education Fund shows reduced driving miles and rates of car commuting in New Mexico’s urbanized areas—including the Albuquerque —and greater use of public transit and biking.

A first-of-its-kind report showing that on average, residents of America’s cities are driving less and using other modes of travel more. The report compares the latest government data on changes in automobile use, public transit travel and biking in each of the most populous 100 urbanized areas across the nation. Recommendations are made for how policy leaders should adapt to these new trends.

The Driving Boom—a six decade-long period of steady increases in per-capita driving in the United States—is over. The time has come for America to hit the “reset” button on transportation policy—replacing the policy infrastructure of the Driving Boom years with a more efficient, flexible and nimble system that is better able to meet the transportation needs of the 21st century.